Camping On Tenter-hooks (aka. Another apt OED Word of The Day) December 28, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Earworms, Etcetera, Videorama, Words.Tags: Falls Festival, Marion Bay, Music, OED Word Of The Day, Tasmania, Taswegia, Tent, Tenter
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Today’s OED Word of The Day is…
…Tenter (n. 1) “A wooden framework on which cloth is stretched after being milled, so that it may set or dry evenly and without shrinking”.
As in tent.
As in camping.
As in… tomorrow I fly (then bus) to Marion Bay, Tasmania, for the 3-day New Years Eve rural musical escape that is Falls Festival. Sleeping in a tent for the first time since Tibet.
Listening to Grizzly Bear…
And Sarah Blasko…
And Little Birdy…
And The Yeah Yeah Yeahs…
And The Temper Trap…
And Art vs Science…
And Wolfmother…
And Midnight Juggernauts…
All while living in a tent city. [Jovial meteorological reference. Last year there was a snow warning. This year, we'll be expecting midday highs of 34 degrees in the Celsius. Practically unheard of in perpetually chilly Taswegia. Sydney, on the other hand, City of Summer and everything, will be stuck as it is in the mid-20s, with rain in abundance.]
My myringes are on tenterhooks (even without the chance of snow).
LOVED this post!!!! This weekend I’m going to have to break down and surf the best-of-the-year lists on Pitchfork– a site I have vowed not to read, but….
Have an amazing festival and new year. Look forward to your post in 2010.
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